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UsingWeb selectors for the disambiguation of allwords

  • University of Central Florida

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Abstract

This research examines a word sense disambiguation method using selectors acquired from theWeb. Selectors describe words which may take the place of another given word within its local context. Work in usingWeb selectors for noun sense disambiguation is generalized into the disambiguation of verbs, adverbs, and adjectives as well. Additionally, this work incorporates previously ignored adverb context selectors and explores the effectiveness of each type of context selector according to its part of speech. Overall results for verb, adjective, and adverb disambiguation are well above a random baseline and slightly below the most frequent sense baseline, a point which noun sense disambiguation overcomes. Our experiments find that, for noun and verb sense disambiguation tasks, each type of context selector may assist target selectors in disambiguation. Finally, these experiments also help to draw insights about the future direction of similar research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSEW 2009 - Semantic Evaluations
Subtitle of host publicationRecent Achievements and Future Directions at the 2009 North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, NAACL HLT 2009 - Proceedings
EditorsMari Ostendorf, Michael Collins, Shri Narayanan, Douglas W. Oard, Lucy Vanderwende
PublisherAssociation for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Pages28-36
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781932432312
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 Semantic Evaluations: Recent Achievements and Future Directions, SEW 2009 at the 2009 North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, NAACL HLT 2009 - Boulder, United States
Duration: Jun 4 2009 → …

Publication series

NameSEW 2009 - Semantic Evaluations: Recent Achievements and Future Directions at the 2009 North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, NAACL HLT 2009 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2009 Semantic Evaluations: Recent Achievements and Future Directions, SEW 2009 at the 2009 North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, NAACL HLT 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoulder
Period06/4/09 → …

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